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Non Small Cell Lung CancerPhase 3NCT01379976

Acetyl-L-carnitine in Combination With a Cisplatin-containing Chemotherapy as First Line Treatment of Advanced or Metastatic Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

A Phase 3 study testing Acetylcarnitine in people with Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, run by Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research at 21 sites in Italy.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

Study objectives Primary: To compare toxicity free survival of patients treated with ALC (acetylcarnitine) plus cisplatin-containing chemotherapy (CHT) versus those treated with placebo plus cisplatin-containing chemotherapy. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
What is being tested?
Acetylcarnitine
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
107 participants
Where
21 sitesItaly
Study dates
Apr 2011to Oct 2014
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Male or female ≥ 18
  • No previous CHT or targeted therapies. Previous adjuvant or neo-adjuvant treatment is permitted if completed ≥ 6 months before study inclusion.
  • ECOG performance status 0-1
  • Adequate organ functions defined as follows:
  • Neutrophils ≥ 1.5 x 109/L, platelets ≥ 100 x 109/L, and hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL
  • Bilirubin level either normal or < 1.5 x ULN
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  • ASAT and ALAT < 2.5 x ULN (< 5 x ULN if liver metastasis are present)
  • Serum creatinine <1.5 x ULN
  • Written informed consent given before the randomization, according to International Conference on Harmonization/Good Clinical Practice (ICH/GCP)

Who cannot join

  • Symptomatic brain metastases
  • Any investigational agent(s) within 4 weeks prior to study entry
  • Clinically relevant coronary artery disease or a history of a myocardial infarction within the last 12 months
  • Acute or sub-acute intestinal occlusion or history of inflammatory bowel disease
  • Patients with known allergy to any other components of the study drugs
  • History or presence of other disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates use of an investigational drug or patient at high risk from treatment complication
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  • Known drug abuse/ alcohol abuse
  • Legal incapacity or limited legal capacity
  • Medical or psychological condition which in the opinion of the investigator would not permit the patient to complete the study or sign meaningful informed consent
  • Clinically relevant peripheral neuropathy
  • Any concurrent malignancy other than non-melanoma skin cancer, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix (Patients with a previous malignancy but without evidence of disease for < 5 years will be allowed to enter the trial)
  • Pregnancy or breast feeding. Women of childbearing potential and their parents must be willing to practice acceptable methods of birth control to prevent pregnancy
  • Presence of any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule

Trial locations and contacts

21 sites in 1 country.

21 sites in 1 country

Italy21 sites
  • Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedale S. Anna

    Como, 22020

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Istituti Ospitalieri

    Cremona, 26100

  • Azienda Ospedaliera di Desio e Vimercate - Presidio Ospedaliero di Desio

    Desio, 20832

  • Ospedale Civile

    Guastalla, 42016

  • Ospedale Alessandro Manzoni

    Lecco, 23900

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedale Civile di Legnano

    Legnano, 20025

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico

    Milan, 20121

  • Istituto Europeo Di Oncologia

    Milan, 20141

  • Azienda Ospedaliera San Paolo

    Milan, 20142

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedale San Carlo Borromeo

    Milan, 20153

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Parma

    Parma, 43126

  • Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri

    Pavia, 0381 33329

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Perugia

    Perugia, 06075

  • Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova

    Reggio Emilia, 42100

  • IRCCS di Reggio Emilia

    Reggio Emilia, 42123

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Busto Arsizio - Presidio Ospedaliero di Saronno

    Saronno, 21047

  • Ospedale SS Annunziata - ASL1

    Sassari, 07100

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Valtellina e Valchiavenna , Presidio Ospedaliero di Sondrio

    Sondrio, 23100

  • Istituto Oncologico del Mediterraneo

    Viagrande, CT, 95029

  • Azienda Ospedaliera di Pavia, Ospedale Civile di Vigevano

    Vigevano, 27029

  • Azienda Ospedaliera di Desio e Vimercate - Presidio Ospedaliero di Vimercate

    Vimercate, 20059

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About this study

Official title: Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase 3 Trial to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Acetyl-L-carnitine in Combination With a Cisplatin-containing Chemotherapy as First Line Treatment of Advanced or Metastatic Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

Study objectives Primary: To compare toxicity free survival of patients treated with ALC (acetylcarnitine) plus cisplatin-containing chemotherapy (CHT) versus those treated with placebo plus cisplatin-containing chemotherapy.

Secondary: To compare progression free survival, overall survival, the compliance to treatment, the number of episodes of grade 3-4 National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 3.0, neurotoxicity, as well as the proportion of patients experiencing grade 2-3-4 National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, neuropathic pain intensity, the clinical signs and/or symptoms (such as burning, numbness, itching, etc.) of the sensorial neuropathy between the two treatment arms. Study design Multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III, superiority study in patients with advanced or metastatic NSCLC (non small cell lung cancer).

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Patients to be screened for study inclusion are those for which the decision to start a cisplatin-containing treatment has been already taken in the context of the clinical practice. The type of cisplatin-based treatment is not fixed, but each single investigator is free to choose for each single patient among those already approved for first line treatment of advanced or metastatic NSCLC.

Patients meeting the eligibility criteria will be randomized with a 1 : 1 ratio to receive ALC + cisplatin-containing CHT or Placebo + cisplatin-containing CHT until patient refusal, disease progression, unacceptable toxicity or death. The study will be conducted in Italy in approximately 20 investigational centers in order to recruit 650-675 subjects over a 30-month period.

Both efficacy and safety data will be collected. Follow-up will be according to the clinical practice. Data capture will continue, for each patient, until death or study closure.

Read the detailed description

Inclusion criteria:

  • Male or female >= 18
  • No previous CHT or targeted therapies. Previous adjuvant or neo-adjuvant treatment is permitted if completed ≥ 6 months before study inclusion.
  • ECOG performance status 0-1
  • Adequate organ functions defined as follows:
  • Neutrophils >= 1.5 x 109/L, platelets >= 100 x 109/L, and hemoglobin >= 9 g/dL
  • Bilirubin level either normal or < 1.5 x ULN
  • ASAT and ALAT <= 2.5 x ULN (<= 5 x ULN if liver metastasis are present)
  • Serum creatinine <1.5 x ULN
  • Written informed consent given before the randomization, according to International Conference on Harmonization/Good Clinical Practice (ICH/GCP)

Exclusion criteria:

  • Symptomatic brain metastases
  • Any investigational agent(s) within 4 weeks prior to study entry
  • Clinically relevant coronary artery disease or a history of a myocardial infarction within the last 12 months
  • Acute or sub-acute intestinal occlusion or history of inflammatory bowel disease
  • Patients with known allergy to any other components of the study drugs
  • History or presence of other disease, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates use of an investigational drug or patient at high risk from treatment complication
  • Known drug abuse/ alcohol abuse
  • Legal incapacity or limited legal capacity
  • Medical or psychological condition which in the opinion of the investigator would not permit the patient to complete the study or sign meaningful informed consent
  • Clinically relevant peripheral neuropathy
  • Any concurrent malignancy other than non-melanoma skin cancer, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix (Patients with a previous malignancy but without evidence of disease for 5 years will be allowed to enter the trial)
  • Pregnancy or breast feeding. Women of childbearing potential and their parents must be willing to practice acceptable methods of birth control to prevent pregnancy
  • Presence of any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule
Being tested
Acetylcarnitine, Placebo
Keywords
lung, cancer, non small cell lung cancer, Advanced or metastatic non small cell lung cancer
Medical subject headings
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Neoplasms

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • AcetylcarnitineDrug

    Also called ST 200

    ALC or placebo will be administered concurrently with CHT at 1000 mg sachet three times every day (before meals).

    Treatment should be administered for a maximum of 6 cycles for both arms unless progression or unacceptable toxicity, or treatment refusal.

  • PlaceboDrug

    ALC or placebo will be administered concurrently with CHT at 1000 mg sachet three times every day (before meals).

    Treatment should be administered for a maximum of 6 cycles for both arms unless progression or unacceptable toxicity, or treatment refusal.

Study groups in NCT01379976
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
CHT cisplatin containing + placeboPlacebo comparatorNot described
Receives: Drug: Placebo
CHT cisplatin containing + acetyl-L-carnitinaExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: Acetylcarnitine

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Toxicity Free Survival

    The primary efficacy endpoint is toxicity-free survival, defined as the time from randomisation up to the occurrence of related to treatment grade 2-3-4 NCI-CTCAE neurotoxicity, progression, second primary malignancy, death from any cause, whichever comes first. Subjects who have not experienced related to treatment grade 2-3-4 toxicity, and not progressed or died while on study will be censored at their last assessment date.

    Measured: participants will be followed for the duration of chemotherapy and for at least 1 yaer after the completation of treatment, an expected average of 18 months

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Progression-free survival

    defined as the time from randomisation up to the occurrence of progression, second primary malignancy, death from any cause, whichever comes first. Subjects who have not progressed or died while on study will be censored at their last assessment date

    Measured: participants will be followed for the duration of chemotherapy and for at least 1 yaer after the completation of treatment, an expected average of 18 months

  2. Overall survival

    defined as the time from the date of randomisation to the date of death from any cause. Subjects not reported as having died at the end of the study will be censored at the date they were last known to be alive

    Measured: participants will be followed for the duration of chemotherapy and for at least 1 yaer after the completation of treatment, an expected average of 18 months

  3. Neuropathic pain

    Occurrence of neuropathic pain is defined as the presence of at least 4 of the 10 clinical signs/symptoms listed in the DN4-Questionnaire Neuropathic pain intensity is defined as the intensity of pain reported by patients (current, average and worst during the last week) during scheduled visit as assessed by a self-administered questionnaire (BPI)

    Measured: participants will be followed for the duration of chemotherapy and for at least 1 yaer after the completation of treatment, an expected average of 18 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted23 Jun 2011 (estimated)
  2. Study startApr 2011
  3. Primary completionOct 2014
  4. Study completionOct 2014

Why it stopped: Recruitment was prematurely stopped due to difficulty of recruitment encountered by the experimental centers

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Triple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator
Enrolment
107 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01379976
Sponsor's protocol ID
2010-022021-15
Status last verified
Jul 2014
First submitted
16 Jun 2011
Last updated
24 Apr 2015
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing Acetylcarnitine in people with Non Small Cell Lung Cancer, run by Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research at 21 sites in Italy.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 9 inclusion and 13 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 24 Apr 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 21 sites in Italy. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study was stopped early (reason given: Recruitment was prematurely stopped due to difficulty of recruitment encountered by the experimental centers). Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Toxicity Free Survival (time frame: participants will be followed for the duration of chemotherapy and for at least 1 yaer after the completation of treatment, an expected average of 18 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 24 Apr 2015.

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